The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-04

seouently nothing definite can he heard
tonight, although wild rumors have
been atloat that the locks were entirely
gone and that deluge has not come
vet, and it is evident these rumore are
eroundless. Word comes from below
Augusta that many farmers have had
their live stock drowned, and | learn
that Mr.. Crawford Rhodes has lost five
thousand dollars. worth of bloodrd
horses and cattle.
AN ALARM AT DEAD OF NIGHT.
AUGUSTA, August ID \. NAT 10
o'clock tonight the entire city was
thrown into an uproar by big Steve
the old fire alarm bell, sounding thirty
taps, which signal is 10 call the whole
city out.
The people rushed out into the dry
streets in their night robes, and those
in the flooded districts to the windows.
Ladies and children were screaming, and
the entire city thought the waves were
to rush over and swallow up Augusta.
Men were rushing around frantically.
many running home to their wives and
children, while others ran in every direc-
ton, not knowing at any moment what
might happen.
However, it soon became noised around
that the canal bank on Upper Greene
street was breaking, and that the water
would flood the entire city, the water in
the canal being six feet above that on
Upper Greene and Broad streets. Every
merchant in the city then rushed to their
stores with all speed, and are st''l, at
this honr, Il. m., at work removing
their goods to high shelves or second
stories.
As soon as this fact was noised around
your correspondent secured 4 boat rowed
bv two powerful oarsmen and set out for
the scene, but the water was coming
down Greene street in such a torrent
that the boat was capsiZed.
Being unable to reach it that way Sc
cured L tall borse and reached the scene
by going circuitous route and nearly
swimming the horse. There | found
force of hands at work throwing in sand
bags, but their efforts proved futile, and
the bank is washing away very rapidly.
Through this the water is flowing at al
inconceivable rate, washing away every
thing in its track.
HOUSES WASHED AWAY.
Small wooden houses near are being
washed around into the street, and 1t Is
feared that al brick houses in the neigh
borhood will be undermined and ruined.
The water is rushing down Greene street
near the break at very rapid rate,
and is rising fast into the houses. For
tunately all occupants of the houses near
BY have been removed, and there is hard
ly any danger of loss OF life.
THE RISE OF THE WATER.
The water is rapidly rising on Greene,
Telfair. Walker and Fenwick streets,
and is rushing down below Mcintosh.
1t is feared this break, when it enlarges
a little more, which it is rapidly doing,
will flood all that section from Greene
street south two or three feet higher
than it now j.. Many boats are low
being carried there 10 remove the oc-
cupants Of houses, if found necessary.
No ore is asleep, but many seem de-
termined to remain in their houses to
the last moment.
The streets are washed so badly that
it will take six months work to again
put them in good condition. Nearly
every sewer has burst, and, all III all,
affairs here are in 4 terrible condition.
TIL WATERS GRADUALLY RECEDING
FROM THE STREAMS.
AUGUSTA, August 1.-There was gen.
eral rejoicing when the people OF Au-
gusta awoke this morning and found
the waters receding. They were sub
siding slowly and are at 4 o'clock
thirty inches below the highest point,
which was reached at 2 O'Clock yester-
dav aft:rnoon. Broad street, is entirely
above wafer from East boundary to west
end, but Greene, Telfair, Walker and
FenWick, together with South Commons
and all the northeastern portion OF
the city, are still overfowed t. depth
of from one TO ten feet.
made another tour through the city
this morning. and found the damage to
all property 70 be far more than Can be
imagined. Many streets are washed
into great gulleys and made entirely
impassable, sidewalks are washed ell
ti-elv up, fences and small houses have
floated from their former positions, fur
niture OF every description may be seen
floating about on the waters IN such
confusion that it seems utterly I'M
possible for owners to distinguish their
property. In fact matters are in per-
feet chaos from one end OF the city to
the other.
THE RIVER STILL FALLING.
AUGUSTA, August Ill p. m.-At
II O'Clock tc-night the river has fallen
to % feet, and continues to fall at the
rate of three or four inches per hour.
1t is now thought all danger has passed
and the usual quietness OF the city Is
resumed.
AT WORK REPAIRING DAMAGES.
AUGUSTA, August 2.-The waters OF
the Savannah are still slowly recedinS,
and at O'Clock this afternoon the regis
ter at the bridge indicates fall OF one
foot since II o'clock last night, 1t being
at this hour % feet. The river is now
almost confined within its natural banks,
ouly that portion of the city above Gum
ming street and extending north to the
river being flooded, and even there the
water is hardly deeper than from two
to four feet. ,
In company with President Foster OF
the board of health, and Chairman
O'Connor, OF the streets and drains COM
mittee of c,uncil, your correspondent
this morning made a tonr OF the district
which was flooded, in order to ascer-
tain the amount OF damage to the sew
erS, streets and drains. Says Mr. Eos
ter:
''The damage is not nearly what en-
,occted to find. The sewers are in excel
lent condition, considering the torrents
of water flowing through them. Why
800 will repair every particle OF dam
age to them, so far as can be asc"rtained
this morning. The streets, it is true, are
badly washed, but not as much as eX-
pected to find. and they can be repaired
without an outlay of very considerable
amount"
Mayor May is OF the opinion that
twenty-five or thirty thousand dollars,
iu,liciously spent, will again put them